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I was still a teenager when this series aired and I liked it quite a lot; I wondered what happened to the series. Tate had one arm encased in what looked like black leather and wore a simple (leather?) sling to support the arm; however he was good with a gun and despite having only one good arm he seemed to be able to take care of himself. He came across as a sort of depressed/cynical loner who wandered the west rather aimlessly and kept a Post Office box in Kansas City. He would sometimes give this P.O. box address to friends he made in his travels so that they could get ahold of him should they need his services. This actually influenced me to get a Post Office box for myself when I got older.
One memorable line: "I hate the flat-lands." Interesting comment, considering that as I recall his character spent so much time in relatively flat looking country.
One memorable line: "I hate the flat-lands." Interesting comment, considering that as I recall his character spent so much time in relatively flat looking country.
Actor David McLean was certainly no pretty-boy - And, he was almost pushing 40 when he took on the role of Tate, the handicapped gunslinger/bounty-hunter of the Old West.
I found Tate to be one of the very few TV Westerns of its time that actually had a genuine gritty edge to the various tales that it told in the 13 episodes of its one and only season (1960).
I think it was really too bad that Tate wasn't given a chance to at least run for a second season. This was a show that seemed to have a lot of potential. But, I guess that, at this point, the TV audience's interest in Westerns had waned considerably by the time 1960 had rolled around.
Personally, I found a majority of the episodes of Tate to be very intense and quite riveting in the nature of their story-lines.
And, of course, it was David McLean, as the title character, who was the driving force behind the gritty and keen realism of the show. McLean was certainly a man well-suited for his part.
Tate, a veteran of the Civil War (where an injury rendered his left arm unusable), was a true loner and something of a drifter who, following the war, headed out on the road using his remarkable talents as an ace-gunfighter to earn a living and bring some semblance of justice to the Old West.
Filmed in b&w, all of the 13 action-packed episodes of Tate had a running time of just 30 minutes.
I found Tate to be one of the very few TV Westerns of its time that actually had a genuine gritty edge to the various tales that it told in the 13 episodes of its one and only season (1960).
I think it was really too bad that Tate wasn't given a chance to at least run for a second season. This was a show that seemed to have a lot of potential. But, I guess that, at this point, the TV audience's interest in Westerns had waned considerably by the time 1960 had rolled around.
Personally, I found a majority of the episodes of Tate to be very intense and quite riveting in the nature of their story-lines.
And, of course, it was David McLean, as the title character, who was the driving force behind the gritty and keen realism of the show. McLean was certainly a man well-suited for his part.
Tate, a veteran of the Civil War (where an injury rendered his left arm unusable), was a true loner and something of a drifter who, following the war, headed out on the road using his remarkable talents as an ace-gunfighter to earn a living and bring some semblance of justice to the Old West.
Filmed in b&w, all of the 13 action-packed episodes of Tate had a running time of just 30 minutes.
Tate was a rather unique western series, unfortunately short-lived. Shown as "The Kraft Summer Theater Presentation of Tate", starring David McLean as (believe it or not) a one-armed bounty hunter!!!
Tate was working as a bounty hunter to raise money so he could go back east to pay for surgery to restore his bad arm, rendered useless by a gunshot wound. A bounty hunter with morals and a mission, Poor Tate never got to go back east after all, he got cancelled. The series was unique (at that time) in being shot on tape, not film, with camera work in the "live" style of television. Overall, the impression was that the show was "live", but was somewhat "smeared" due to the taping process.
Tate was working as a bounty hunter to raise money so he could go back east to pay for surgery to restore his bad arm, rendered useless by a gunshot wound. A bounty hunter with morals and a mission, Poor Tate never got to go back east after all, he got cancelled. The series was unique (at that time) in being shot on tape, not film, with camera work in the "live" style of television. Overall, the impression was that the show was "live", but was somewhat "smeared" due to the taping process.
Very intense and equally gritty - "Tate" was a vintage TV Western that (IMO) often seemed to have shades of "noir" running through its story-lines.
I quite liked actor, David McLean (1922-1995) as the rugged title character. I thought that McLean was very well suited for his role as the no-nonsense gunslinger who always played a fair game with those whom he dealt with.
So - If you are a fan of TV Westerns from yesteryear, then, I'm sure that "Tate" will also appeal to you, as well.
I quite liked actor, David McLean (1922-1995) as the rugged title character. I thought that McLean was very well suited for his role as the no-nonsense gunslinger who always played a fair game with those whom he dealt with.
So - If you are a fan of TV Westerns from yesteryear, then, I'm sure that "Tate" will also appeal to you, as well.
The only remarkable thing about this short lived series that I recall is that it was shot on tape, not film. I believe it was the ONLY Western series shot on tape - ever. It had that soap opera look and the sound effects (gunshots, horses, fist-fights, etc.) sounded unnatural (for a Western). This strange look and sound probably contributed to its quick demise. Shot-on-tape just doesn't work with Westerns.
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- QuizThe revolver carried by Tate appears to be a Remington 1875 Army single action revolver chambered in 45 Long Colt. The 1875 model was Remington's metallic cartridge version of their 1858 black powder cap and ball revolver.
- BlooperTate roams the west from place to place, state to state one town to another. However no matter what town he is in the same little church with the peaked roof, the steeple and the covered porch with a slanted roof is at the end of the street.
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